Out Our Way: Charlie's way

Out our way, I always let Charlie lead because he knew the trails. I suspect the cattle did as well, but not necessarily which trail. You see, they knew where the trails were going but they didn’t always know where they were going. But Charlie did know, and so he moved them where they needed to go, even if it wasn’t the trail they thought they should be following.

As you have figured out, Psalm 23 is a favorite psalm, and though the Palestinian shepherd actually led the sheep because they had been raised to follow his voice, the cowboy shares a lot of common features. Granted, we “pu...